Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-01-15
THE ANNEXATION SCHEME.

We copy the following proposition Tor
annexation from the Truckee (Cal.)
Republican:
"In last Wednesdays Republican
was made a slight mention of the fact
that the old project was being revived,
by some of the Nevada papers, OF an
nexation to that State the portion OF
California lying east of the Sierra Nevada
Mountains. This scheme has been ad-
vocated before, but the trouble in accom-
plishing it has been the difficulty in
securing the consent Of the State OF Cal.
ifornia and the people living in the terri.
tory to be annexed. We say the diff
fculty,' but as a fact it might not prove
a difficult matter to obtain the consent
of all parties if the proposition should
be properly submitted.
"As a matter of justice, we do not
see but that that portion of the State
above mentioned belongs to Nevada. At
any rate we are of the opinion that it
would be to the best interests OF the
people Of this section to live under the
Nevada government. We are not iden-
titled to any great extent with the in.
terests of California. Our rces are
not in the soil; we produce neither fruit
nor grain. We cannot make oranges
grow IN pine trees or produce wine from
manzanita berries. We are not even
identified with the rest of the country to
which we look for local protection and
benefits.
sour interests and resources are pecu-
liarly our own and so different from the
rest of the State, and so small when
compared with the remaining portion,
that we are scarcely recognized and the
State at large is not even conscious of
our existence.
"The advantages of belonging to Ne.
vada are many. Our interests would be
more nearly identical with the balance
of the State. We would exercise a
larger proportional influence in the gov
eminent Of the State and laws could be
formed to better promote the prosperity
Of the State. Out of the annexed terri.
tory a new county could be made and
our people would not be compelled to
submit to the vexations and expense Of
travelling from fifty to a hundred miles
to go to the county seat. Our money
paid in taxes would be kept at home.
There are other advantages which we
have not the space to enumerate. We
firmly believe that the people of the dis
trict affected by the change would favor
it as q unit.
eve see nothing difficult in the way
Of its accomplishment, and suggest the
following as a proper course to pursue:
Let the Nevada Legislature now in ses-
sion adopt a memorial setting forth the
facts and a desire to acquire that terri.
tory, and transmit this to the Legisla.
ture of California with a request to set
off that territory to Nevada subject to
the approval Of the people therein.
Upon the ratification of the Act by the
people at an election provided for that
purpose the land to be under the juris-
diction of Nevada. The Legislature of
that State could divide up the new ac-
QUESTION among the existing counties or
could organize new ones and the whole
thing would be done. The few details
concerning the assumption of various
items OF indebtedness on account of the
change and the appointment of local of.
ficers could easily be arranged.
"The Legislatures of both States are
now in session, and if anything is to be
done at all. the preliminary steps should
be taken at once"